Grammy Changes Rules For Album Eligibility
RIAA MaKes Changes To Grammy Album Eligibility & Adds 4 New Awards.
- Staff Reporter
The Recording Academy has added five new GRAMMY including Songwriter Of The Year, Americana Performance, Soundtrack For Video Games, and Song For Social Change along with fourteen rule and procedural changes.
All new category additions and rules go into effect immediately for the 2023 GRAMMYs.
One important change to note is the eligibility for Albums being considered for nomination.
According to the RIAA "To be eligible for GRAMMY Award consideration, an album must contain greater than 75 percent playing time of newly recorded (within five years of the release date), previously unreleased recordings*."
The previous eligibility rule was 50 percent.
However, albums submitted in the categories of Best Compilation Soundtrack, Best Historical Album, Best Immersive Audio Album, Best Recording Package, Best Special Package, and Best Album Notes WILL accept albums that contain tracks that are not newly recorded.
